by Chade-Meng Tan | Jun 30, 2026 | Buddhism.net Blog, Meng & Friends
You come back from another retreat and feel at peace—for a while. Then life starts moving again, and the same questions return. In Ep 8 of Meng & Friends, Ajahns Kovilo and Nisabho (@ClearMountainMonastery) sit down with Meng to discuss spiritual consumerism in...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jun 20, 2026 | Buddhism.net Blog, Sound of Sutras
Enjoy this three-minute segment of the sutra, too! The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra – The Rice Seedling Read by: Venerable Thubten Damcho – Sravasti Abbey, USA The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra – The Rice Seedling Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas! Thus did I...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jun 17, 2026 | Buddhism.net Blog, Recording
Was the Buddha a god, a legend… or simply a human being who walked through the same chaos we do? In Episode 42 of Vibe with Venerables, Roshi Joan Halifax, founder and abbot of Upaya Zen Center, talks about the Buddha not as a mythological figure, but as a human being...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jun 10, 2026 | Buddhism.net Blog, Recording
Turns out the Buddha was about 2,600 years ahead of the rest of us when it comes to challenging norms about caste and gender while affirming equality. In Episode 41 of Vibe with Venerables, Venerable Ajahn Canda, founder and spiritual director of Anukampa Bhikkhuni...
by Chade-Meng Tan | May 27, 2026 | Buddhism.net Blog, Sound of Sutras
The Vibhaṅgasutta, the Discourse on Analysis, is one of the most important suttas in the world, because this is where the Buddha explains the Noble Eightfold Path. The Vibhaṅgasutta, Saṃyutta Nikāya 45.8 Read by: Chade-Meng Tan – Buddhism.net “Bhikkhus, I will...
